Number of Outfit Changes a Bride Makes During Igbo Traditional Wedding Ceremony
One question that brides ask is: how many times am I supposed to change outfits? Many Igbo brides do two outfit changes during their Igba Nkwu/ traditional wedding ceremony. Some ladies choose to change into 3 different outfits. There’s no right or wrong – it all depends on your choice and how many outfits you can afford. Some brides wear only one outfit for the entire program; some wear two and some wear 3.
Another question is: when am I supposed to change outfits/ at what point? Here are three points when most brides do outfit change:
- First outfit to greet/ welcome your in-laws/ groom’s family;
- Outfit change to do the wine-giving to groom;
- After wine-giving. Bride changes into another outfit matching your groom’s attire.
You can see that these featured looks are complete. You don’t need to go looking for what hairstyles or coral bead design or style of beaded hairpiece or head-crown to complete your Igbo bridal attire look, because you’ll find them all below. We’ve done the wahala to pick out the best Igbo traditional dressing for brides so you don’t have to bother. Swipe/ scroll up again to see the 19 beautiful brides’ Igba Nkwu dressing styles.
Answers to Questions About Igbo Traditional Wedding Processes
Wrapup: The Best Igba Nkwu Attire for a Bride
Every bride wants to look perfect for her big day, and nothing beats looking at traditional wedding attire pictures of stylish brides for inspiration. Even that can become paralyzing, as if they are not the best styles around, you could spend days and days wasting time to filter through photos aiming to find the ‘it style’ to wear at your Igbo traditional wedding.
It’s not easy to choose what to wear at your own marriage introduction or traditional wedding ceremony. For an Igbo bride planning her Igba Nkwu (wine-carrying) ceremony, you’ve got to think of what to wear during her first outing to greet your in-laws, what to wear during the ceremony proper, and whether or not you want to do another outfit change. You also need to think of how to make each of your outfits for the day different and unique.
This post has you covered from your traditional wedding outfits style ideas to the colour combo, to ideas on the hairstyles you’ll wear, to ideas on the jewellery options you will wear and even down to your Ichafu headgear (gele) style. I put this post together to help you dress your best on the day of your Igbo marriage introduction or traditional wedding. Hope you like the styles.
So, there you have it on what an Igbo bride wears on her traditional wedding day. We presented you with some of the best Igbo brides’ traditional wedding looks. You should be able to find something for your first outing, second outfit change or more from the featured 19 latest Igbo brides traditional attire for the wedding.
WEDDING PLANNING ARTICLES YOU SHOULD SEE
- The A to Z Igbo of Traditional Marriage Stages and Processes (Grooms’ Guide, Brides also Need to Know)
- Nigerian Traditional Wedding Checklist
- Nigerian White Wedding Checklist (Planning To Do List)
- How to Organize a Traditional and White Wedding Same Day
- How to Plan a Nigerian Wedding in 6 months or Less
Before you go, I want to hear from you. Which of the above Igba Nkwu/ traditional wedding attire styles for Igbo brides is your favourite look? Comment down below to tell me and let’s get the conversation popping.
Peter says
Please can I use 400k for the celebration of my traditional and white marriage same day,please good event planner should advice,if possible DM me ur direct contact let’s chat.thanks for the warm advice and way forward
Stella Anokam says
Hello Peter, yes – you can have a decent wedding (traditional and white wedding on same-day) for N400k (four hundred thousand Naira) in Nigeria.
1) The surest way to make sure you don’t spend more than N400k is to invite a few guests. Do not invite more people than your budget can feed. Doing a budget breakdown will give you an idea of what to spend on food and drinks.
2) Budget Breakdown: I also recommend to set a spending limit of different major expenses (listed below), before you spend a kobo. Our free Nigerian Wedding Budget calculator will automatically give you a breakdown once you type in your 400k budget amount.
-Catering budget (food, drinks, cakes)
-Venue hire, hall decoration, chairs rentals, ushers
-Fashion budget – couple’s attire (bride’s dress, groom’s suit, trad attire, shoes, etc.), wedding rings, makeup & hair, groom’s grooming
-Souvenirs and Stationeries
-Wedding Vendors fees: Planner, hall decorator, photographer, DJ, MC, etc.
-Miscellaneous: For any need that was forgotten
*For your N400k budget, you can set your food and drinks budget at around N150k. That should give you an idea of how many people you can feed, depending on per-plate or per-person cost your caterer agrees with you. N2k per person on food and drinks means you can invite 75 guests. If your caterer charges N1,500 per person on food and drinks, it means you can feed 100 guests.
Our wedding budget calculator page will also give you an idea of how much to spend on venue – so that you look for nice wedding halls that are not go above that amount (okay to spend below that).
*We here (and me) do not offer wedding planning services. We focus on creating awesome, practical tips to help about-to-wed couples plan their wedding on their own. You can easily find a good planner by asking around – ask wedding photographers, wedding cake bakers and dress rental shops, as they all work together. I believe you will find a suitable planner.
Now, go to our budget calculator page to get your N400k suggested expenses breakdown. Leave me a comment to let me know you used it.
Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.